Barbara Dickson
| Barbara Dickson OBE |
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|---|---|
| Birth name | Barbara Ruth Dickson |
| Born |
27 September 1947 Dunfermline, Scotland |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician, actress, presenter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Labels | RSO, Epic, Voiceprint Greentrax |
| Website | Official website |
Barbara Ruth Dickson, OBE (born Dunfermline, Fife, 27 September 1947) is a Scottish singer whose hits include "I Know Him So Well", "Answer Me" and "January February". Dickson has placed fifteen albums in the UK Albums Chart from 1977 to date, and had a number of hit singles, including four which reached the Top 20 in the UK Singles Chart.The Scotsman newspaper has described her as Scotland's best-selling female singer in terms of the numbers of hit chart singles and albums she has achieved in the UK since 1976.
She is also a two-time Olivier Award-winning actress, with roles including Viv Nicholson in the musical Spend Spend Spend, and she was the original Mrs. Johnston in Willy Russell's long-running musical Blood Brothers. On TV she starred as Anita Braithwaite in Band of Gold.
Dickson went to Woodmill High School and Dunfermline High School in Dunfermline. Previously she lived in "Dolly Town", Rosyth, which no longer exists as it was demolished in early 1970, and Dunfermline in the 1960s . Her father was a cook on a tugboat at Rosyth Dockyard and her mother was from Liverpool. She went to Camdean Primary School.and Pitcorthie Primary School when she moved to Dunfermline.
Dickson's singing career started in folk clubs around her native Fife in 1964. Her first commercial recording was in 1968. Her early work included albums with Archie Fisher, the first of which, The Fate O' Charlie, a collection of songs from the Jacobite rebellions, was released in 1969. Her first solo album was Do Right Woman in 1970.
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